
Busan City Council's water supply ordinance amendment takes effect, suspended until ruling on the merits
As the Supreme Court upheld Busan City's application for a temporary injunction against the Busan City Council's water supply ordinance amendment, which included grounds for using industrial water from artificial water in Myeongji International New Town, its effect was suspended until a ruling on the main case.
AI-generated summary
The Busan City Council passed a water supply ordinance amendment allowing the use of industrial water in the artificial waterway of the Myeongji International New Town being built by LH, and Busan City filed a lawsuit in the Supreme Court, claiming possession of preferential treatment and violation of higher-level laws.
(Busan = Yonhap News) Reporter Kim Seon-ho = The effect of the Busan City Water Supply Ordinance Amendment, which provided the basis for the Busan City Council to use industrial water in artificial waterways in Myeongji International New Town in Gangseo-gu, has been suspended.
According to Busan City on the 18th, the Supreme Court accepted a request for a temporary injunction to suspend the execution of the water supply ordinance amendment that the city recently filed on the grounds that it may violate related laws.
Accordingly, this ordinance is suspended until a ruling is made on the merits.
This amendment to the ordinance contains provisions allowing the supply of industrial water to the artificial waterway of Myeongji International New Town, which is being built by Korea Land and Housing Corporation (LH).
The controversy surrounding this ordinance began when LH created an artificial waterway in Myeongji International New Town.
LH initially sought ways to draw water from the Nakdong River under the policy of providing its own maintenance water for use in artificial waterways, but encountered difficulties due to water quality and cost issues.
Accordingly, the city council revised the ordinance, opening the way for LH to use industrial water.
Busan City objected, saying that using industrial water for non-industrial purposes was unprecedented and that using industrial water, which is cheaper than residential water, could also provide preferential treatment.
The city even requested a re-approval, but the city council ultimately passed the ordinance with the unanimous consent of 32 members who attended the vote last June.
In addition, when the city council announced a revision to the water supply ordinance on June 30, the city filed an application for suspension of execution and a lawsuit on the merits of the Supreme Court, claiming that the ordinance conflicts with higher water supply laws.
AI outlook — possibilities, not facts
Proceeding of main lawsuit related to water supply ordinance amendment
Very likely · Within months

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